financial services

The move not only makes it easier for pot-purveyors to funnel their profits into the financial system, but could also offer an opportunity for investors to become more involved in the funding of marijuana-related businesses.

A new risk survey from N.C. State University’s Enterprise Risk Management Initiative and Protiviti finds that regulatory changes and heightened regulatory scrutiny are the most worrisome concerns for 2014.

Top executives at private-equity giant Apollo Global Management LLC say they support more regulation and disclosure from life insurers that are backed by investment firms – as long as any extra oversight is applied equally across the industry.